Since returning from the big trip through the west, I have not really jumped right back
on my training. As of today, I believe I have gone for one good run (6 miles), and one
good bike (15 miles) since getting back on June 20th. I'm planning on doing the 13 week Ironman plan to get ready for the race in November, but I have a number of "extra" weeks before that would begin to work with. With the Alcatraz race coming up at the end of August (and near the start of what that plan would be), I want to start the plan early and just stretch out the middle. I've already redone my redone plan a couple times, and this week will not be making it either.
I think I will just go ad-hoc for the next couple weeks anyway, but try to make sure I'm ramping back up. Going down to Tucson next week, planning to do some biking and play some soccer... so that will be a step up. On the 18th I want to do the Mountain Man Sprint here in town, and then on the 25th I want to go back down to Tucson to do this Sonoita-Patagonia time trial that sounds like a lot of fun (and do more biking and soccer). Looking at all that now, I don't think I'm too far off where I would want to be. I'm going to do a run today, maybe a ride tomorrow morning too. Should get back in the pool soon I guess also.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Ironman 70.3 Boise
Finally home after the race and the subsequent "vacation" through multiple states and national parks. Was fun, but a ton of driving and not all that restful.
So, now to summarize the race: I HATE WIND. I had my figures for each leg of the race, figuring on a 6-8 hour finish, not that ambitious I thought. The swim went fine. It was pretty cold, but after going a bit it wasn't really noticeable. I kept up a good pace, but was swimming with my head up way too much, I'm sure it slowed me down a lot, and it also gave me a nice burn that is still trying to heal over a week later. Total swim time was 44:18, a 2:18/100m pace, which I'm happy with. My estimate was 40-50 minutes, so anything on the low end is good.
Had a reasonable transition, and got put together and out on the bike. After the first downhill that felt pretty fast, I felt like I was riding in mud or on a flat or something. Was going very slowly and people were passing me left and right. I even stopped to check my tires, but they were fine. After the race I thought about the possibility that my brakes were rubbing or something, but I never checked them... whatever the cause I was super slow on the bike, and that was even before the wind was bad. The wind was just brutal, and every time I turned into it I felt like I was going backwards. It frustrated me to no end, and a number of times I nearly gave up... nearly stopping like that didn't help my pace any either. In the end, I was the absolute slowest on the bike of the people who finished the race. Bike time of 4:44:03 (11.8 mph) was way off of my estimate of 3:06-3:43 (15-18 mph). Already worried about making the cutoff times was not how I wanted to finish the bike.
Second transition was fine... no one else around to get in my way or anything... haha. Run was not very remarkable. Ran/walked/ran/walked/stopped/... drank too much and had to stop to use the porta-potty. Ended up finishing the run in 2:52, a 13:09 minute mile pace. Within my estimate of 2:30-3:00, but not by much. I was walking quite a bit on my second lap around, making sure I would be able to finish... probably could've (and therefore should've) pushed a bit harder. I didn't think it was possible to still get under 8hrs after that bike, so I didn't really try for that... I guess I could have, would have just taken me beating my only other half marathon time.
Overall time was 8:30:34. I'm glad I finished, but was disappointed in the time. If I do that same pacing on the full Ironman I will be very close to getting cut off, I don't want to be anywhere near that. The positive things I can take away though are that I didn't quit the million times I wanted to on the bike. I should probably figure out a better eating plan overall, having to stop to use the restroom twice (and feel sick/sloshy a number of times) didn't help me any.
So, now to summarize the race: I HATE WIND. I had my figures for each leg of the race, figuring on a 6-8 hour finish, not that ambitious I thought. The swim went fine. It was pretty cold, but after going a bit it wasn't really noticeable. I kept up a good pace, but was swimming with my head up way too much, I'm sure it slowed me down a lot, and it also gave me a nice burn that is still trying to heal over a week later. Total swim time was 44:18, a 2:18/100m pace, which I'm happy with. My estimate was 40-50 minutes, so anything on the low end is good.
Had a reasonable transition, and got put together and out on the bike. After the first downhill that felt pretty fast, I felt like I was riding in mud or on a flat or something. Was going very slowly and people were passing me left and right. I even stopped to check my tires, but they were fine. After the race I thought about the possibility that my brakes were rubbing or something, but I never checked them... whatever the cause I was super slow on the bike, and that was even before the wind was bad. The wind was just brutal, and every time I turned into it I felt like I was going backwards. It frustrated me to no end, and a number of times I nearly gave up... nearly stopping like that didn't help my pace any either. In the end, I was the absolute slowest on the bike of the people who finished the race. Bike time of 4:44:03 (11.8 mph) was way off of my estimate of 3:06-3:43 (15-18 mph). Already worried about making the cutoff times was not how I wanted to finish the bike.
Second transition was fine... no one else around to get in my way or anything... haha. Run was not very remarkable. Ran/walked/ran/walked/stopped/... drank too much and had to stop to use the porta-potty. Ended up finishing the run in 2:52, a 13:09 minute mile pace. Within my estimate of 2:30-3:00, but not by much. I was walking quite a bit on my second lap around, making sure I would be able to finish... probably could've (and therefore should've) pushed a bit harder. I didn't think it was possible to still get under 8hrs after that bike, so I didn't really try for that... I guess I could have, would have just taken me beating my only other half marathon time.
Overall time was 8:30:34. I'm glad I finished, but was disappointed in the time. If I do that same pacing on the full Ironman I will be very close to getting cut off, I don't want to be anywhere near that. The positive things I can take away though are that I didn't quit the million times I wanted to on the bike. I should probably figure out a better eating plan overall, having to stop to use the restroom twice (and feel sick/sloshy a number of times) didn't help me any.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Training Week 13 of 13 for Boise
Sunday:
-off
Monday:
-run :30 (form)
ran 2.88 miles in 28.48 minutes, 10:00/mi, pretty good for me.
Tuesday:
-bike :45 (form)
Wednesday
-swim :30 (form)
moved this to Tuesday instead. Took it pretty easy, but I felt really fast each lap, getting a lot of glide each stroke.
Thursday:
-off
Friday:
-brick
bike :20 (e2)
run :10 (e2)
Saturday;
- Boise 70.3!
-off
Monday:
-run :30 (form)
ran 2.88 miles in 28.48 minutes, 10:00/mi, pretty good for me.
Tuesday:
-bike :45 (form)
Wednesday
-swim :30 (form)
moved this to Tuesday instead. Took it pretty easy, but I felt really fast each lap, getting a lot of glide each stroke.
Thursday:
-off
Friday:
-brick
bike :20 (e2)
run :10 (e2)
Saturday;
- Boise 70.3!
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